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Stephen M. Hepperle

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 1794, Phone: (571)272-4913 , Office: P/3700 )

Most Active Art Unit
3407
Art Unit(s)
3753, 3700, 3407
Total Applications
2621
Issued Applications
2150
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/747715
IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Jun 18, 2024 Pending
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18/743710
Mobile photography shock absorption system Jun 13, 2024 Issued
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18/679673
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE, AND APPARATUS May 30, 2024 Pending
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18/680108
Methods and electronic devices adjusting output of a video recording mode of operation as a function of device geometry and support condition May 30, 2024 Issued
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18/653054
VIDEO OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM May 1, 2024 Pending
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18/646581
IMAGE SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING MULTIPLE EXPOSURES WITH ZERO INTERFRAME TIME Apr 24, 2024 Issued
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18/642191
Image processing apparatus for acquiring a refocus image, image pickup apparatus for acquiring a refocus image, image processing method for acquiring a refocus image, and storage medium Apr 21, 2024 Issued
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18/637480
Image processing device and image capturing device that perform demosaic process Apr 16, 2024 Issued
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18/604567
Lens driving device, camera module, and camera mounting device Mar 13, 2024 Issued
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18/603415
CAMERA AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE DATA Mar 12, 2024 Abandoned
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18/601240
Camera actuator and camera module including the same Mar 10, 2024 Issued
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18/597269
Operating system integrated image capture guidance Mar 5, 2024 Issued
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18/594937
Information processing device and machine tool Mar 3, 2024 Issued
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18/581881
Image capturing and display apparatus and wearable device Feb 19, 2024 Issued
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18/426475
Portable electronic device and user interface operation method thereof Jan 29, 2024 Issued
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18/416976
Electronic device capable of controlling processing in different divided image regions in different shooting modes, and control method of electronic device Jan 18, 2024 Issued
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18/414840
Image signal processor, operation method of image signal processor, and image sensor device including image signal processor Jan 16, 2024 Issued
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18/405539
IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR Jan 4, 2024 Pending
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18/402289
Apparatus for adjusting attitude Jan 1, 2024 Issued
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18/402697
IMAGE CALIBRATION METHOD AND RELATED IMAGE CALIBRATION DEVICE Jan 1, 2024 Issued
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